Handle



Feb. 20, 1923. 1,446,137; H. G. THOMPSON.

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Application filed May a; 1921. serial aeaiaa To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, HENRY G. THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Handles, of

i which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The present invention has for its object the provision of a handle which isp-articularly intended for use as a handle for storage battery boxes.v

Such a handle must necessarily be made at low cost and in the present instance the handle is made from a unitaryblank of sheet metal which is so constructed as to impart stiifness to the sheet of metal, the elements which impart stiffness being for the most part elements which alsohave additional functions in the use orapplication of the handle to the battery box.

An additional object is to provide a hancal section throughthe handle showing the application to a box.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicatesthe sheet. of metal from which the handle is formed, the lower part of the handle is formed with converging sides such asindicated at 2 which make a neat appearance and at the same time conserve metal. At the upper part of the handle a portion is cut away to provide a space such as indicated at 3 but a portion of the metal along the upper edge of the'opening 3 is retained and bent upwardly to form a part of the hand gripping portion of the metal, as indicated at 4. Also the metal at the upper part of the sheet is curved or bent inwardly as inclicated at 5 so that the edges of the bent portions 4 and 5 contact, thereby forminga completed hand grip for the handle. This folding of the metal in the manner which has been described not only is functionally Y useful in providing the gripping portion of the metal, but also serves to stiffen the sheet metal handle.

Extending vertically are two beadsor struck-up portion slatsindicatedat band i these serving to stiffen; the sheet. metal at portion. a

versely extending slots 8 and 9. These'slots are elongated and each slotis surrounded by cated at 8 and 9*. At the lower portion Below the opening-gthere are two trans- .porti'onswhich are below the hand grip-ping astruck-up portion or 'bead",which is l. indi- .55. of the handle 1 or' adjacent to the c onverg-: -1ngsides2 there is a vertically extended elongated slot 10, and surrounding this slot there is a bead 10 which" is similar in all respects to the beads 8 and 9 which have been previously referred to. 3 1 The slots 8, 9 and '10 are adapted to re- .ceive screws such as indicatedat 11 in Fig.

3 which screws are for the purpose of secur I ing the handle to the'wooden box which contains the battery. r

These slots 8', 9, and 10are elongated,this

being for the purpose of enabling the handle i to be used on a battery box, particularly where replacement of handles are needed and where on the boxes thescrew holesanaycertain battery boxes. the spacing; between the screw holes may be two inches,;whileon the other battery boxes, the spacing may be three inches, thus-in order tov provide han-.

' vary in position. this we mean-thatjo-n dles for replacement for these boxes, two I different handles would be required'and in i order to avoidthis contingency, thelpres'ent handle is made with the elongated slots which give sufficient rangeto accommodate practically all the spacing or holding screws 'on the various battery boxes withfiwhichl am familiar.

The beading surrounding the screwYre ceiving slots or openings. serves a double purpose. In the first place it provides elongated beads which stiffen the man and" gives considerable resistance against bending of the sheet metal of which the handle is made. Additionally, these beads serve as' I a protection to the beads of the screws against being attacked by the acid' which may slip over onto the handles inasmuch" as any acid which may flow down the handle i will be deflected by the heads 8*, 9 and 10 so that it will not'reach the beads of the.

ily attacked and corrodedby the acid.

The handle is coated with some material I have found in practice, that qa'Fc atingIOf -screws which as will be understood, are read v v 110 1 whichis not 'attacked'by battery acid and coating of lead me be applied mime? opening being provided with eiongered slots which are miiepted to receive fastening means, the said elongated slots being pro-- vided with upstanding beads which surround the said s1o=tsfor the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature.

- HENRY G. THOMPSUN. 

